this is r t with me will research show you it's good to have you with us today the surviving suspect in last week's boston terror attack is reportedly awake and responding in writing to questions put to him by of thora he's a nineteen year old. fees and intensive care now under armed guard after he was severely wounded in the throat in a shootout with police and the investigators task is to establish why an american citizen and his brother could have allegedly committed the deadly boston marathon attack and if indeed there were any accomplices then i start see a church going to reports from boston. he's currently at a boston hospital being treated for injuries we're hearing that he is awake and answering officials questions sporadically in writing they're asking him about any further possible accomplices in the boston bombings case as well as whether or not any further explosive devices should be of concern to officials but as of yet we're not hearing any details officials are not revealing any details in terms of the

answers that is giving them of course all of this comes after he was arrested friday night after a mass lockdown took place in boston after unprecedented manhunt that took place here and a several hour shootout between law enforcement and this nineteen year old suspect we do know that he suffered injuries to his throat and was unable to speak and this is precisely what officials have been waiting for to be able to communicate with him to find out the motives to the boston bombings as well as the participation of any per possible further accomplices apart from the two brothers that have been hunted by of officials here throughout the week nineteen year old dzhokhar and twenty six year old to milan and of course we have to note that the miranda rights have been revoked the rights he has to remain silent as well as a right to a lawyer are being denied to him because officials are interested in being able to question him without being able to use this right and the fact that his miranda

rights have been revoked is receiving major criticism throughout the united states and causing really a lot of debate between certain politicians and civil rights groups also it's important to mention that republican lawmakers in the united states have been suggesting that to be treated as an enemy competent this is also been a topic of much debate because we are of course talking about a u.s. citizen as we do know back in two thousand and eleven they did receive a request from a foreign government this is russia's government that said that they should look into the identity of the older brother the older suspect to milan back that he was twenty four years. old and the f.b.i. did receive recommendations that they investigate him they did in fact bring to milan in for questioning the followed his phone calls they intercepted his social relationships as well as his activity online but did come to a conclusion that he is not dangerous and did end up freeing him and of course because the f.b.i. right now is being criticized for this they're going to trace their steps back look into what exactly they could have missed but also try to establish right now with

the second suspect being alive whether the two brothers had any kind of connection to extremist groups that they might have overlooked two years ago and in the time in the years and days leading up to the bombings that took place here in boston also of course they're going to consider and look into the purposes of the trip that the older brother to milan when he went back to the north caucuses for about six months they're going to try to see whether or not this time was used for him to be able to communicate with extremist groups on the ground and stacy party boston massachusetts and our relatives and friends of a sort of my family say the older brother kept a low profile during his trip to the north caucuses last year and that he didn't seem like a religious fanatic meanwhile the father of the alleged bombers says he will travel from russia to america this week on a quest to find the truth an invidious lots of questions for american police correspondent in a question of is in dagestan to learn more about what sort of progress. really

almost anyone who has any links with the family is really in deep shock after what happened both relatives and friends now the brothers spare and stopped talking to the media asked of early saturday but i managed to speak to a close relative of the family now her name is. and he was she was married to the boy's uncle now she told me how really tragic and difficult the life of the family was and that for years they have been moving from one place to another as the father couldn't find a proper job and they've moved twice from kyrgyzstan first to than to dagestan were they span just a bit over a year and till they moved to the united states in two thousand and two she even showed us some pictures that we're taking during that time pictures that captured both brothers in their early tiled women in one picture the older brother time evelyn is just a bit over a year old now she spent

a lot of time with tom avalon when he came here to dagestan last year to visit she is a parents and she describes him as a very family loving and caring young man and when i asked her whether he expressed any x. her interest in this law she told me that his interest was never overwhelming. the middle and wasn't a religious fanatic he was curious about religion he started to be really interested in islam about three years ago but he was never a radical we would talk about his commitment to religion but it wasn't extreme it was really hard for her to speak she told me that. the younger brother was planning to come here to dagestan this may and now their father plans a trip to the united states to bury his alice son to medal and so as for many here if she couldn't the woman couldn't really believe that they were involved in the tragedy. it's too close to believe that they could have carried it out just

impossible to. believe in their children who respected their parents who loved him or learned was very attentive to older people to family. and was of use mothers. both parents mobile phones are switched off or rarely own law and it's really impossible to reach them but i have since managed to speak to the mother of the two brothers and kept repeating their first son's were in the son she also mentioned that her eldest son tamerlan was under constant surveillance for years when both parents before mentioned told them that the b i can talk to him right after the boston bombings and ask him for questioning however the hour. later denied that information now as for the father i spoke with him also in a telephone conversation just yesterday and he told me that he doesn't want to talk to any media right now so really dozens of journalists from all over the world is

that how descended on this region hold that man's family will speak and eventually shed some light to how their boys and up the main suspects in the boston terrorist attack has been a question of reporting right now after the revelation about the suspect origin of the u.s. media wasted no time shifting focus to the groups in chechnya to establish a russian connection to the case those who had previously been seen mostly as freedom fighters and also you know it's mostly terrorists want to speak to a freelance journalist who's are closely following how the boston tragedy is being covered are now joining us live here on our good to see you today how would you explain the switch and how church and fundamentalists are now being described. i think this which is quite normal for the us that done it throughout history for example in afghanistan those that were fighting against the soviet occupation of the country were first seen as freedom fighters and the very same people are called terrorists now i think that what it does is fit in with the u.s.

agenda anyone that the u.s. backed in very war in the u.s. agenda then they consider freedom fighters anyone that is against the u.s. is seen as terrorist or fundamentalists and you're the neighbor that can be so so you basically ultimately paint a picture that certain types of terrorists work with some sort of political agenda based out of washington but if i if i can move on and almost move backwards as well let's talk about two thousand and four u.s. authorities actually granted asylum to chechen extremist medal for despite warnings from russia why do you think the u.s. was so reticent in recognizing the north caucasus terrorist threat they've been ignoring apparently for quite some time well i don't know the individual you particularly so i can't say with these extremists or not but if you look at the u.s. policy generally they happy to grant asylum to anybody that fits their agenda so let's take dissidents for example anyone that's committed to

terrorist attacks in cuba against a cuban regime welcomed in u.s. mainly living in miami and not christian whatsoever so they granted asylum and i think that look russia and america have had a great relationship so what was happening in chechnya and the caucuses there were seen us russia's problem and as long as people are against russia that was ok with the u.s. but you also you talk of you talk about washington looking at it as moscow's problem you let you know the idea of terrorists in the caucuses but it was back in two thousand and eleven russia got in touch with america warning that the older brother had radical islamist links but the f.b.i. fell. nothing suspicious how can that happen let me put it to you this way if the syrian government got in contact with america and said look send this i'm syrians in your country that we think radical extremists would the f.b.i. take it seriously i think that look at that this could be looked on

a number of levels eight could be gross incompetence by the f.b.i. just not paying much attention to this or not taking the threat seriously be it could be a look the f.b.i. thought these guys are not irish a threat to the u.s. they're a threat to russia but they're not a threat to the u.s. and so you know they could have just said look forget it america sees our chechen terrorism as a threat to russia not to the u.s. obviously there's a big geographical distance between the two but how is it that nation like america that spends billions and billions of dollars our national security on the home front and around the world how is it possible an attack like this wasn't stopped well you know i think that the answers will come out in the coming weeks and months it could be gross incompetence it could be not taking the threat seriously and again it could be not understanding it is not just because look there's many different groups in chechnya and this is no way trying to justify anything that russia doesn't check human rights abuses or whatnot but what we're saying here is

look you had two people flagged up by russia you spend millions billions of dollars on anti terrorism how do you two guys get under the radar after they've been pointed out people are coming up with theories it's not my job to say well you know which one is right or not but look the u.s. authorities have something to answer for it's not like these guys were known to the f.b.i. they were not going to certainly i thought he was on a high or low and as we all know the investigation is well underway our journalists are side by a good life for us in london i'm so sorry i'm out of time but thank you for joining us here on r.t. today. but after the dramatic manhunt for the brothers there's still plenty of uncertainty surrounding the case at r.t. dot com we have an opinion piece pointing out several glaring inconsistency in the official account of the standoff with the suspects you can just log on to r.t. dot com and check it out at your own leisure. but for now though our server has

moved a step closer to joining the european union after the e.u. commission recommended starting talks on membership and that decision comes in the wake of belgrade approving a deal with its breaker a territory that a cause of i think remit has been met with fury among serbs both in serbia and in cause of some of whom have branded it treason it grants pristina is ethnic albanian leadership control of a cause of zero serbian minorities will be granted autonomy is within the territory and the e.u. activist in coverage says brussels has blackmailed his country to push through its own agenda. e.u. officials said three hours before the election serbian president we were all there done is the new college is a winner it was a message to serbian people serbian politicians all the world choose the regime to finish the job the democratic party and under your rope you

have started to look to the food it is used it is pushing discloses not to serve the nation but the bill additions you see as serbian officials and leaders are deeply corrupted so did was the way to amend those people to finish the job did they did they. give an agenda. this is auty formula one has wrapped up in bahrain with anti-government protesters clashing with police to try and disrupt the controversial hosting the event security officers stormed areas where progress former activists gathered suppressing most opposition marches and the protesters have been using the formula one race to draw attention to human rights abuses in the country and demanding more international pressure on the ruling family and the head of monitoring the bahrain center for human rights told me that they have ultimately achieved that goal. they get behind it was thirty one jordan and it's only a couple of the phone to this but we have six feet to do it took up out of the

other side of thousand of people who want to demand big democracy and a pretty good that doesn't have people who are so. good that doesn't know that's happening. to my people i don't think it is i need a phone. down it's continuing the killing is continuing that backing is continuing . to the government this. time they have. to put this sort of they have. so far and many many house they admitted you because of that one but i mean. i don't think that is i need a phone so far out of me and also the same to the prime minister who is in his position. but we will continue that peaceful to put this we will continue the started we will continue to focus on one hand what people will demand and i'm sure they will keep it to day but they. are more used to around the world in just

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international in the very heart of moscow. thank you very much for joining us here on our. show you in moscow more than half of the detainees in guantanamo bay and now one hunger strike that's according to the u.s. military. five have been hospitalized at the prison camp and seventeen are being force fed a fears that the inmates protests against mistreatment and indefinite detention might turn deadly and now growing dr stephens an arcus now joins me live from washington a retired army medical corps officer and a former senior advisor to the defense department i mean as innocuous the doctors are not as i should say thank you for coming on today from

a medical point of view two and a half months without food for how much longer can the prisoners hold on like this . well i mean typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so we don't know what their health status is because we don't have a good idea of how much supplemental food they're taking right now i mean it could be they would be starting they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks what about what about the methods of force feeding the income officials have now resorted to do you think it's justified you think it's necessary one one might perhaps should osc well i mean all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force feeding the reason being is that it in fact disrupts what is most important which is

establishing a constructive relationship or poor with the hunger strikers and being able to discuss the terms of their protest the this is a they if they have it also. really overrides their autonomy which is very important in medicine we accept that as one of our ethical principles so that by and large most organizations across the world feel that it is not acceptable and in this particular case what it does not help resolve their grievances and help resolve the conflict that we're haven't as an arc is coming and we talk about that and try trying to resolve sudden grievances because we understand that camp officials at guantanamo have been using rather controversial methods to try and break down the strike for example denying the detainees drinking water keeping the air conditioning on maximum so the temperatures are very cold forcefully moving

them from communal areas to single man cells how would you assess that kind of approach because you were saying a moment ago perhaps they should actually speak to the prisoners and try and resolve this diplomatically. you know i think those tactics are aggravating the situation and particularly with a group of people who were arrested detained under the circumstances that they were i mean it's reach traumatizing them so if anything it's it's making it worse and the chances of being able to have a constructive dialogue i mean i think that they should be looking at ways to in fact connect and gain trust and confidence and be able to have conversations about what their you know what their grievances and what their worries are and i think that's the best way and the one that's going to have the least contact harmful consequences for the detainees and probably for the authorities tactically i disagree with it but you know two and a half months without food very little water the hunger strike carries on

a guantanamo bay as you said indefinite detention many of the inmates have been there for years without having challenges levied against them you suggest that the authorities in the prisoners should should come and talk to resolve this ongoing hunger strike if they did do you think it would work i do i mean i think that these people want to know that they can live at least under conditions that are comfortable for them that they they call each other brothers that there is some communal association. they certainly do want to return to their homes they see no rational basis for not returning to their homes a number of them have been cleared for return by the u.s. government but they you know other circumstances have intervened and they've not returned i think though that you know up until a couple months ago they had been. at least sort of reconcile themselves and i

guess what we keeping a very very close watch on this at the moment obviously you know the medical concerns of full frontal many everybody's mind at the moment but dr stevens and his amount of time a retired brigadier general many thanks indeed for joining us here on the today thank you. thank you have. a gunman has opened fire in a shop in western russia killing at least six people including two girls aged fourteen and sixteen are really going to go now joins us live for details on this developing story here brianna good to see you can you bring us up to date what do you know so far well you know at this point to the thirty two year old sergei was doing is has apparently been holed up in the in the sort of sort of a space this is supposedly a round. a car market in the town of belgrade and the police special task force at this point are preparing to storm his hideout in order to apprehend him now this all started just several hours ago when this thirty two year old suspect has opened literally started a bloody massacre in the center off of the russian town killing six people three

people he shot inside the hunting store and then he went outside according to reports and shot three more passer bys among them two teenage girls now at this point we're also being told by the police that his father has been brought in for questioning his father has also previously served time for various criminal offenses in fact it's important to note that a suspect himself has just been released from prison last year where he was out on charges for robbery as well as assault on a police official and of course we're waiting for that for the results coming from for the results from the police coming in from belgrade as they prepared to storm this man's hideout are authorities are going to share that with the latest on this thank you very much. it's been ten months since julian assange entered the ecuadorian embassy in london seeking asylum and he's stayed holed up there ever since with ecuador and the u.k.

locked in a diplomatic standoff over how to deal with the stange the cost of policing the site is continuing to mount and the u.k. is set on extraditing the world's best known whistleblower to sweden for questioning over sexual assault allegations and meanwhile artie's polly got a rare chance to talk to us on. one thing that's got the man excited is politics as many of you will know he's making a bid for the australian senate there's now a wiki leaks ponty that stands for truthfulness and the free flow of information and when i asked you in a songe about how he sees this chances at getting into the senate he actually mentioned that he's got quite a considerable interest in both him and the wiki leaks party and in terms of political goals of science is very clear he says he wants to put a stop to the u.s. corruption in all syria so let's take a listen to him elaborating on that point the current foreign minister bob carr was a u.s. embassy informant even back in the nineteen seventies even when he was

a member of what senior member of the new south wales strain your current prime minister julia gillard who rolled the sitting prime minister can rub it happened in part because she sent a voice to the us embassy base but this couldn't stop there's a constant back and forth in this year long sort of preparation. which she was gracious to himself with various parties very recently there have been reports that ecuadorian diplomats in a meeting with the labor party in the u.k. right she raised the issue of julian assange perhaps in an attempt to get a guarantee of safe passage for julian assange orange in case labor does come to power after the general elections in twenty fifteen but when i asked just about say he was quite skeptical he told me that he doesn't really think that there is going to be a change in the situation depending on which have

a political party is in power in the u.k. the united kingdom is. a nation that you're pretty clear institution in my car my six top right so this is border. control. the behavior. and the media. and elected representatives simply represent. we represent forces to exist on the big institutions when i speak as you are going to start actually according to him he said that the cost of policing the embassy is tipping four million pounds now and actually while we were filming outside the building i got chatting to some of the officers on duty and they were on usually frankly when i asked the officer about how he feels about the cost of policing the area you can sense a bit of frustration he said that all this money is going on watching one man when there are very crippling budget cuts taking place to police forces across the u.k.

or just ahead for you know the world's top sporting highlights. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture. of.

the new cover international and world in the very heart of moscow. hello welcome to the r.t.e. sports show twenty six minutes of sporting action from russia and around the world with me kate partridge and here's some of what's to come. title trace leaders test out snatch a last two two draw with sparta but they need to cut their lead to four points as

the title race pops up in the russian premier league. plus making history russia become the first team to fight back from to nail down in effect cup semifinals after stunning slovakia three two. and marching on tesco reached the semifinals of the year only with a three one series victory over caliber our rail madrid are also through. but let's kick off with the russian premier league where the title race is hotting up after tesco drew two two in a darby thriller with spartak allowing the need to cut the gap to just four points with five matches to go because the game but out of reports. to leave the job was called to full buoyancy after the elements for work from two goals down to draw two all despite missing a penalty in a thrilling most called darby would sport target losing to studio it in my duty broke the deadlock for the visitors two minutes before the interval in.